Thursday, November 3, 2011
Topic Proposal
The issue I will be discussing is whether or not homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt children. The people that are interested in this issue include homosexual couples, the children potentially being adopted, psychologists, and the lawyers dealing with the cases. The homosexual couples and the children being adopted are for the idea, because in a lot of cases, the children have already been with these couples through foster care, and have already gotten acquainted with their family, etc. They also believe that whatever rights heterosexuals have, they should have as well. Some psychologists support gay adoption because they haven't been able to find that anything will be wrong psychologically with the children, but others say there will be. Psychologists question whether the children will grow up and question their sexually, based off their parents, and how they will be accepted by others. The lawyers dealing with these cases tend to be more conservative and have views against it, but of course, they have to support it if they are representing the homosexual couples. My personal interest in this is just pure curiosity. I just wonder if over time, with the world changing, if things have changed with this issue as well. As of right now, I don't have a solid position on the issue, even though I lean more towards it being okay for homosexual couples to adopt.
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Lauren, as we discussed, this is a good topic for the exploratory paper. Your issue is clear: whether homosexual couples should have the right to adopt children. You have considered a number of people who might have a perspective on the issue. However, you need to be more straightforward in articulating the four different perspectives. What exactly do they have in common and how do they differ? What values/backgrounds do people in each of these categories share and where could their views differ? For example, do all sources in your research say that psychologists support gay adoption? What about those that oppose, do all of them oppose for the same reason? Hope this helps you focus your discussion of the perspectives!
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